Open houses, May 17 and 18

What $400,000 buys in Seattle

AUBREY COHE, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Updated 1:32 pm, Friday, May 16, 2014

We'll start with the oldest home, 4519 S.W. Holgate St., which was built in 1906. It's 1,280 square feet, with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a sun porch, a patio and raised garden beds on a 1,665-square-foot lot. It's listed for $409,888. Open houses are scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Photo: Courtesy Bruce Phares And Mark Besta/Windermere Real Estate

Moving up to Wallingford, 408 N.E. 44th St. was built in 1918. It's 1,850 square feet, with four bedrooms, 2.75 bathrooms, two kitchens, built-ins, a finished basement and two decks on a 3,000-square-foot lot. It's listed for $408,000. An open house is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Photo: Courtesy Ken And Marilynn Balter/Windermere Real Estate

Over in Eastlake, 2349 Minor Ave. E., Unit B, is listed for $409,950. The 1,095-square-foot home, built in 1943, has two bedrooms, one bathroom, oak floors and a patio. Open houses are scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Photo: Courtesy Melissa McMurray/Cooper Jacobs Real Estate

Finally, 929 N. 88th St. was built in 1944. It's 1,370 square feet, with three bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms, French doors and a deck on a 5,125-square-foot lot. It's listed for $409,950. Open houses are scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Photo: Vicaso Photography, Courtesy Sterling And Jessica Lemmé/Prudential Signature Properties

We reported on Monday that the median resale price of an existing King County house in the first quarter was $419,000, up 13.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington.

So this week's open house gallery seemed like a good time to see what that would buy in Seattle. Houses inside the city tend to sell for more, of course, so the typical house that sold countywide in the first quarter is probably a little bigger, on more land, has more features, or some combination of the three.

In any case, click through the gallery above to check out four homes around the city listed a little below the first-quarter median. All are scheduled to host open houses this weekend. Keep in mind that open houses are subject to cancelation on short notice.